An aftermarket Land Rover Defender company – Niels van Roij Design’s Heritage Customs – is offering rusted body parts for the new Defender. ‘Original Patina’ or concourse restoration has become something of a thing for Classic Car Specialists and collectors of late, with many preferring to retain a classic’s worn look rather than restoring the […]
Range Rover SVAutobiography Ultimate Editions – A Swansong for the current Range Rover?
Land Rover reveals the Range Rover SVAutobiography Ultimate Editions to sit at the top of the Range Rover range. A Range Rover Swansong? The Range Rover has been with is for more than 50 years, and it that time it has become the default luxury SUV, despite more recent challenges from cars like the Bentley […]
Bigger Land Rover Defender 130 IS on the way to join Defender 90 and 110
The Land Rover Defender range will grow with the arrival of a Defender 130 offering up to eight seats and aimed at the US, China and the Middle East. The new Land Rover Defender, despite reservations from original Defender anoraks, appears to be doing good business for Land Rover, although there is more than a […]
Jaguar and Land Rover quality issues cost 100,000 sales a year, says JLR boss
Jaguar Land Rover are losing 100,000 sales a year due to potential customers’ fear of unreliability, says JLR boss Thierry Bollore. Jaguar Land Rover are on a mission to embrace electrification, with Land Rover and Range Rover models promising EVs across the range and Jaguar going completely electric. Not only that, but the plan is […]
Land Rover Defender V8 ARRIVES alongside Defender Carpathian Edition and Defender XS
The Land Rover Defender V8 arrives to top the new Defender range with a 525bhp V8, and there are Defender Carpathian and XS Editions and more. We’ve just seen the arrival of a ‘new’ Land Rover Defender V8 with Land Rover Classic building a limited run of Defender Works V8 Trophy at £195,000 each. And […]
Jaguar Land Rover reveal ELECTRIC Reimagine plan – and electric Jaguar XJ binned
Jaguar Land Rover reveal their ‘Reimagine’ electric plans, with Jaguar to be all EV – but no electric XJ – and Land Rover to deliver its first EV by 2024. What to do about Jaguar, maker of fine sports saloons which sadly don’t sell in numbers sufficient to see a future, is a question that’s […]
Land Rover Defender V8 Trophy: £195,000 for a ‘New’ old Defender from Land Rover
Land Rover Classic is building a limited run of Defender Works V8 Trophy to Celebrate the Classic Camel Trophy. Just 25 from £195k each. It’s five years since the original Land Rover Defender went out of production, despite which Land Rover-owned Bowler has managed to deliver a ‘new’ old Defender and others, like Twisted, are […]
Electric Range Rover Classic joins Lunaz’s electric Jaguar, Roll-Royce and Bentley conversions
The Range Rover Classic is getting an electrified makeover by classic EV specialist Lunaz, with an initial run of 50 RRs from £294,000. We’ve already seen a number of electric classic car conversions from Lunaz, including Jaguar, Bentley and Rolls-Royce, but now Lunaz are turning their attention to the Range Rover Classic, in response to […]
Jaguar Land Rover trying to BLOCK Audi, Porsche, VW and Lamborghini SUV imports to U.S.
Jaguar Land Rover are trying to block imports of VW, Audi, Lamborghini and Porsche SUVs in to the US over patent breaches. There are plenty of car makers building big, expensive SUVs, but if you want an SUV that can do the on-road float and the off-road mud-plug equally well, then you’ll probably turn to […]
Land Rover Discovery UPDATED for 2021 – but NOT the wonky tailgate
The Land Rover Discovery has been updated with some minor cosmetic tweaks, a new range of mild hybrid engines and a new Pivi Pro Infotainment. It’s four years since Land Rover replaced the Discovery 4 with the new Discovery (which isn’t the Discovery 5), in the process seemingly losing a lot of what made the […]